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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-07-21
NORTH SOLOMON.

Fine rain Monday and Tuesday.
Mr.. f. Harris has III owed into his new house
which is neat and cOmmOdiOuS.
j. W. Steel has quit hauling water since Mr..
Parks made him such a good well.
Mr.. l.. Brown is going to work on the rail
road while his wife goes east.
Ed Rohban has gone to Colorado to break
on his timber claim.
Mr.. Peterson is having frame house built.
Mr. FOwdre IS doing the work.
james karns is better pleased WITH the
country than ever since the advent of that
new boy.
G.. PARIS and J. Randall. the boss sod ear
penters, have completed Mr. Markhams house
and are now building him II stable. Their
work commends them very highly to anyone
wanting anything in the sod line.
The Misses May Edwards. Lizzie Lark and
Emma Plaster are being instructed in Music
by Professor Thompson.
The Sunday School children in great
Dlee over the prospect OF attending the :. ).
picnic the 29:h at James StewartsOn'S grove.
Jimmie PlaSrer is quite sick with lung fever
DR.. Edwards is the attending physician.
Our frSky bachelor. VIM. kinley. thinks,
tom present prospects. that one more good
rain will insure his crops large enOE gh to sup
port two instead of one; SO it will now be in
order for the maids to petition for one more
rain. n.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-07-21
York town Cleanings.

Rain. glorious rain.
Have been having some very hot weather
lately.
The Celebration passed of nicely at Mr..
Herrings. Everybody seemed to enjoy them
selves
H. B. Herring is in Colby at present.
Mr.. William Pitt and his brother Sidney.
from Osborne county, are visiting at Mr.. Bill
lings. They are Mrs. Billings brothers. They
like this country splendid.
W. II. Hull has bought nice little mare. He
has had twenty acres broke on his claim late
ly.
Items are scarce. Will write more in the flu
ture 90. ID.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-07-21
Town 9, Range 81.

The bright sunshine aud breezes together
Have made this a week of pleasant weather.
The small grain all golden. the cornfields all
green,
All ore the brown prairie are now to be seen.
Corn is laid by; haying scarcely begun:
Thus one thing begins soon as another is DONE
We've some of the best corn to he seen any
where.
Mr.. Mock says: with his, none he's seen can
compare
Mr.. LOvett has also of corn a fine field.
Which We think will be certain large crop to
yield
We'd like to ask the Prairie Dog sometimes
down here to roam.
He could see fine farms and cattle. and visit a
bachelors home.
While speaking of crops we forgot to say:
Mr.. Warmers garden can't be beat anyway.
He has melons and squashes as large as your
head. potatoes
Both Irish and sweet. cabbages, beans and to-
matOes.
He grew his plants in hot beds very early in
the spring.
And for those who wish an early garden. tia
is just the thing.
Mr.. Dayton and family have been visiting rel
ativeS.
b. N. Bancroft. who at the Thomas County
Nursery lives.
Mr.. Jones came down last week, his corn to
pillow;
Since that is done, it looks much better now.
Mr.. Patterson last Wednesday arrived on his
claim,
And since then has built him Il fOuse. on the
same.
Mr.. Buck now has a well AMI plenty of water:
It's ore hundred and ninety feet deep.
should think that he ought to.
Mr. Hamilton has a well and wind mi II.
Mr. Lutz and Knousse are at the railroad
still.
Mr. Warmers gone to Sherman some prairie to
break.
We don't know exactly how long it will take
Most of this neghbOrhOOd i'm Colby their 4th
did spend.
There were good spec hes. good music, and
fun without end. DEL
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-07-21
Gospel Hill.

EDITOR OF THE CAT:
Having for some time beeu subscriber To
your valuable paper. which take great de-
light in reading. especially those items con-
trbuted by my fellow hOmesteaders. Notice
a great falling OF in this department of
late
Corn is tasseling.
Oats and some fields of miIlet will not pay
for the cutting. while rye. which everyone
condo ned as failure in the spring. has prov
ed Il fair crop.
District No IS now boasts of the neatest
school houses in the county. It's Kansas
brick of course.
Howard Bros well was finished last week
Depth lis feet. Time digging Ii days Buck
ley. better known at Oakley by title of Colo
nell" done the work. Can you beat 1t!
Mort Jones is having well bored. They
left him four inches of water. and now Jones
is meditatng on taking bath.
A party of Swedes bought piece OF rail-
road land in 1882 the other day and will move
onto il this fall
Railroad lands are nearly taken up with rs
now.
There was "A great cOmmstOn on the Upper
Saline week So ago Five days later we
received note from Jerry Vauters in which
he explained the phenomena thusly:
One night when Old st. Peter slept
He left the door of heaven ajar.
Then through little angel crept.
And came down with Il falling star.
One morning i'm the pleasant month CT June
Arrayed in gorgeous sunlit tide,
My wife awakened from some pleasant dream
And found that angel by her side
God grant but this. ask no more
That when he leaves this world of pain.
He'll wing his way back to that bright shore
and find his way to heaven again.
While projecting on the upper Saline "a few
days ago our progress Yas somewhat imped-
ed by a herd OF cattle At first we supposed
them to belong to some of the Texas cattle
kings that wer making IA drive into the upper
country, but the absence of cowboys prOfan-
ity led us to make some inquiries. when we
learned that the herd was owned by Fuller
Talbot two of our solid homesteaders.
The corn stalks may wither.
And the later tops decay.
But the cow-nan is the Teller.
That's pretty sure to stay.
Yours With Regards.
SOME GREENY.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-07-21

Gents. don't forget your bath to-day.
If Won -SEasst ;ssessvar~a soa -EranE Pin
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-07-21

6ite coml
hile of Gem vrvvv 1uics, ,Iccs unu-o,vr
|r1lif trees Many of the latter ars feet
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-07-21

uoreI, N. n. rUrUer, prUprIctUr.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-07-21

about our needs, is put in this place
and often grants certificates to people
who have no tact for teaching, and
know nothing really of what educa-
ton is. Again many of our commit
teemen have no children to send to
school, and some of them cannot read,
and are often appointed to, subserve
political ends, or to put in kins-folks,
Here lies the foundation of c our
future, in the common schools. 1--WE
must have educated fathers and
mothers, and especially mothers. Now
when we get down to the solid foun-
dation-the bed-rock-and then level
that foundation, and plumb the walls
make the sills and corner-posts of
sound timber and securely cover the
building by teaching our children
practical chemistry, how to make and
apply fertilizers rs-when and where to
su6soa7 how to use and utilize bone
and all the waste material from the
kitchen and wash-tub, to turn every
thing to account, and to stop buying
commercial fertilizers when they
know not how to use them, but to
apply this money Il mean money used
without judgment) to home fertilizers,
then will the. farm and farmer grow
richer. The farmer boy should be
proud of his occupation and the pure,
chaste daughters of the farmer be
worthy of the noblest husband.
Yours truly, H @ M.
Randleman, N. c., July I, 1887.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-07-21

The neighborhoods where oranges
and farmers clubs flourish are charac-
terized by better farming, as well as a
friendly and social spirit among the
people. No one man does or can
know everything about farming, any:
more than about other things Each
member contributes his ideas, and the
stock of information about the best
farm methods is largely increased.
Even those who hold aloof are brought
in, however unwilhngly. Keen, OBJ
servers note the Improvement they
are secretly making, or if their farm
ing shows none of these they point to
it as horrible example, and as a
warning of the bad effects of neither
learning themselves, nor imparting
their information to others. Some
farmers who have enjoyed the benefits
of the grange for many years say they
would not live in a neighborhood or
town where no grange exists.-Amers-
can Cultavator.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-07-21
CUMBERLAND AND HARNETr.

On Saturday afternoon, July I'd, a
goodly number Of farmers, with their
wives and daughters, met in the
academy at Little river and organized
a lively. farmers club with w. l..
Williams, President : A. B. Walker,
Vice-President, and w. D. Adams,
Secretary. @ ]
This is beautiful section of coun.
try and we'll adapted to strictly first
class farming. zsff .g = t
The club is fortunate in securing
Mr.. Williams for President. He is a
splendid farmer-aOorks himself, does
everything in good time and in a
workman like manner He lives at
home, makes his own bread and meat,
looks jolly and no doubt feels good. /
Mr.. Williams killed one hog last
winter that weighed 62s pounds net.
While many of his neighbors complain
of heavy losses from hog cholera, he
never loses one. He is giving his
stock ample runs on grass and pasture
fields and attends to them They tie
little stick yokes on their pigs and
turn them out to root hog and die.
You may expect, Mr.. Editor, good
report from this G lub. They mean
business. -a~z rTi<r rr~
There was also club organized at
Rhodes Mills on July lst with G. c..
Mcclellan, Presidentl l. W. Goodwin,
Vice President jeff D. Barness, Sec
retary. So
did not see Mr.sMcLellan' farm,
but learned from his neighbors that
he need not be ashamed to stand up
in meeting and urge others to a higher
order of farming. He does good work
on his own farm, and that is the very
best kind of teaching. F.
I hold, Mr.. Editor, that people in
the main do the best they know how
for themselves. These Cumberland
and Harnett farmers are working
hard, and the most of them are living
hard, and they seem to think that the
only road to kingdom come lies right
through the cotton field. But just as
long as they continue to haul their
corn from some railroad depot, on
their little bob-tailed carts, they may
expect to work hard and live hard.
90 @ Very truly, &c. r .s
J. EDoM SMITH.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-07-21

Successful farmers, whether dairy.
men, fruit growers or stock raisers,
are those who consult the requirements
of the market rather than their own
inclinations in the matter. Consumers
who pay their money will always de-
mand voice in the style and variety
of goods they purchase. Thus it is
the breeders Of, grale draft horses
meet ready demand and good prices
for all the good heavy horses as soon
as they are old enough for market.
The markets of this country and all
Europe are eagerly calling for more
good draft horses and Of a heavier
type, They are equally ready to pay
the increased price for the extra heavy
teams when they can find them, and
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-07-21

Connecticut is one of the smallest
States in the Union, its area being a
little less than 5000 square miles, one.
eighth that Of Ohio, or one-eleventh
that of Illinois. The last census emu
merated $4,000 persons as engaged
in agriculture in Connecticut, against
1870 or nine times as many, simi
larly engaged in Ohio, and 100000,
or nearly ten times as many, in Illi-
nois. Connecticut has within her bor-
ders one of the three greatest univer-
sites of the nation, and her small
share of the national endowment for
industrial education was turned over
to a department of this university
the Sheffield Scientific School, of Yale
College. This school, as its name i'm
plies, is a scientific school; yet it
teaches the applications of science to
the mechanic arts in an elaborate and
extensive system of shop-work i1istruc-
tion; the claims Of agriculture on the
land grant endowment being recog-
nized by a. course of lectures on agri-
cultural chemistry and kindred topics.
In 1881 the Legislature Of Connecticut
established, and has since maintained,
an agricultural school on farm given
for that purpose by Mr.. Augustus
Storrs. The course of instruction in
this school was limited to two years,
and of this course practical farm work
was made part, each student being
required to spend portion OF his time
in manual labor upon the farm. Of
course this labor was designed to illus
trate. the teachings of the classroom,
as far as possible. What has been
the result? The last three catalogues
of this institute show that the average
attendance has been 36-the full num-
Der which the school can accommodate,
because of its limited dormitory capac-
ity-and this Notwithstanding the fact
that the privileges of the school are
confined to citizens of Connecticut.
These students are all students of Ggyacul-
ture, and of the branches Of learning
related thereto, mechanics, literature
and general science being provided
for in other institutions. Now, the
latest catalogues of the land d-grant-en-
dowed universities of Ohio and
Illinois enumerate j9st IS students Of
agriculture In each; those Of Ohio be-
longing to course of the same length
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-07-21

Is it not curious kind of statesman
ship which permits a useless surplus
fund to accumulate in the public treas
ury, while the people are groaning un
der oppressive taxation Q Is it the
best Government under the sun in
which money is boarded up in the pub
lie purse while thousands of it's citizens
beg for the opportunity to work ? Yet
this is the craftsmanship of the lead
ers of both Democratic and Repub-
lican parties; and this Government is
supposed to be the best under the sun.
Planter and Stockmon. ---t'l'-'i /
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-07-21
THE LAND OF BOOMS.

s.And they sailed away to the land of booms.''
The above might be made the re-
frain Of many melody at this time,
for we are having booms all along the
line. In the East we have oil booms
and railroad booms and booms of al
most every kind and character There
has been no period in the worlds his
tory when there were such a marked
activity in large industrial operations
as just now-when there were such
wonderful developments in every
essential of the worlds progress.
Never before was the opportunity
presented for the rapid amassing of
large fortunes. Millionaires and
multiple millionaires are as plenty
now as were those 80 years ago who
counted their wealth only by a few
hundred thousand. Monopoies, cor
ners and speculations of every kind
are of daily occurrence at every inn
portant commercial center Great
works of engineering in the damming
of streams, building of bridges, dig
ging canals, building railroads to far
off and what were formerly considered
unapproachable places. Huge leviathan
ships of several thousand tons burden
have taken the place of those of 500
or 600, which were considered large
ships few years ago. Tiny cookie
shell yachts of few tons burden are
now built to move through the water
at what was formerly considered an
unattainable speed. a2 otE i
Gold, silver, copper and lead are
now raised in quantities which would
have been regarded as fabulous 40
and so years ago. Large sections Of
country are lighted up with furnace
fires fed by the products of our iron
and coal mines, which are now yield
ing their output in such immense
quantities as to tax the skill and capital
of both railroad and steamer to move
them from pits to furnace. There is
a veritable boom in every class of
GA New South" is just be-
ing opened Up to the industry and
capital of the| country. That genial
portion of tie Union was never so
alive to the found of the ak, the ham
mer, the saw and the 'mill-wheel as
now the boom there is genuine and
A great empire has
grown up within the life of a genera
ton in the great Northwest, and an
other has made almost equal progress
on the Pacific Slope. 2} s3szz91 Il
{ Pig Iron Bessemer said two years
ago that 1887 was to witness the be-
ginning of the biggest boom the
world ever saw--his prediction is be-
ing more than verified. Pacific Ruraz
Press. es.f ~, va4s
Yes, there. is grand boom all
along the lines, in all industrial opera
tions except among those who feed
and clothe the world The farming
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-07-21
CAMP CALL, Cleveland Co., N. c.,
-. ~. . .e Ju1v 4 1897. r.;t

- fl. s.. G July A, 1887. II
In answer to your request to send
the number of members and names of
officers of all farmers clubs in the
State We have organized farmers
club called the Union Farmers Club,
with 81 members. E. T. Champion,
President; G. ", Hicks, Vice-Presi-
dent S. r. Dickson, Secretary ); O. P.
Dickson, Treasurer, and G. V. Hicks,
Corresponding Secretary. Executive
Committee: E. T. Champion, S. E.
Dickson and G.. v. Hicks This is a
list of the officers of the Union Farm
ers' Club Postofice address, Camp
Call, Cleveland county, N. G.. 1 re-
main, Yours truly,
-E III G.sle Zt.lsG. V. Hicks,
J--.ls,5.; arvo Secretary q. F. c.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-07-21

Last year I Icommenced series of
experiments upon wheat, using dis
solved bone on all but my fresh to-
bacco land. [ have watched the
growth Of my crop very closely, and
now feel safe in announcing my
success. .@raa9rcef
I extend to the farmers clubs of
Davie county, and to as many others
as feel an interest in improved agri-
culture, a cordial invitation to come
and examine my crop for themselves,
and be satisfied as to the reports that
have gone out concerning it. I will
say further, that l used about $42
worth Of bone, applied with drill,
and the indications are, that the cash
value of my crop will be increased to
double that amount, besides leaving
the land somewhat, improved.
: I desire to say further, that any
farmer, who wishes to make two bush
els of wheat, with the labor that has
never produced more than one, is wei
come to the result of my experiments,
and further I will cheerfully aid him
in securing the bone, at saving Of
from six to eight dollars on the ton.
Come and see the wheat and satisfy
yourselves as whether it will pay, and
don't take my word for it.-W. j.
ELLIS, in Mocksvalle Times .'''' =.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-07-21
[For THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER.

see from nearly all parts of the
State that the farmers are moving on
the line of intensive farming This is
a step in the right direction, and is
largely due to the circulation of The
PROGRESSIVE FARMER, the best agri-
cultural paper lin my way of thinking)
that North Carolina has ever produced
Next to the PRONUNCIATION of the
gospel, the man who instructs, and
becomes the motive-power in moving
the farmers, is the gretaest benefactor.
I am highly gratifed to learn
Though unable to travel much) that
the farmers still continue to organize,
and thus bring themselves into po-
sition5 for higher education in their
line. [ am sorry to say that the young
men of our State have heretofore con-
sidered it disgrace to own farming
as their occupation, and have Stunned
this noble calling to seek shelter in
some small town or larger city, and
sometimes behind the counter of bar
rooms at low wages, and still lower
calling to prevent sun-burnt hands
and faces. Ah! young men, this is
sad mistake. trust and believe that
the day is dawning when this erron-
eous idea will vanish like snow before
midday sun. Yes, I pray for the
day to come when my children shall
look from the farmer doaom to the
President of the United States, for
upon this foundation rests the whole
fabric of our greatness. My brother,
[ want you to let no opportunity escape
without insisting upon radical change
in our system of education. First, we
need this change in our common
schools, and insist that while we are
spending money (and we do not have
one-quarter enough) for normal schools
and teachers Institutes, that this fea-
ture should be made one of the most
prominent not only among the boys
and young men, but also among the
girls and young ladies. For we are
expecting the present generation of
young people to become the fathers
and mothers of our great country.
Education means development-ex
pansion-bringing to light, not stu6iing.
And we surely need development on
the line of agriculture. Next after
the common schools have made this
change, the higher schools and colleges
should all wheel into line and prepare
the minds of this generation for a
practical agricultural college. Now L
want us to look into the machinery of
our common schools alike. You know
that the school law requires county
superintendent, and in many cases
some lawyer, who knows nothing
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-07-21
No. %.

as that of the Connecticut school-two
years. A very little application of
the old 'srule of three" will show that
these great universities are doing pro-
portionately about thirteenth as
much for agricultural education as
this unpretentious, almost unheard OF
school in little Connecticut.-Farm and
Freside. 80
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-07-21
OUR FARMERS CLUBS.
What our Farmers are Doing and How
the Work of Organizing is
Progressing. su iss.a
CALLAHAN, Davie Co., N. Co.
Inlx, Ol0O1

z7z. July s, 1881
l see piece in your paper of the
3Oth of June headed The Home
stead" that voices my thoughts on the
laws of mortgages and liens. We
want something to restore the conf
dence of the people, and do not think
anything would doit like the laws
modified that are in the article spoken
Of just feel so glad that you have
spoken out in the interest of the poor
man, that I want to say amen, and
continue. Your friend, .. (.
L. B. WALKER.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-07-21
RALEIGH, N. G., JULY 81, 1887.

world hears this booming of the
'sbooms' but it has little charm for
them when they feel their pockets
shrinking every day.]
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-07-21

SO of the best stock of beef and dairy
cattle and hogs. The high grades and
full bloods pay best U1aAnown. n
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-07-21
INFLUENCE OF THE GRANGE.

Newcombs, N. G.
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Give as a call.
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Alaska's Giant Glacier.

At about five o'clock we came in Sight
Of the Muir Glacier, which presented
solid wall across the bay, white, massive
and majestic says an Alaska correspon-
dent to the San Francisco Bulletin. 1t
seemed in its cold grandeur like the re-
pose of some monster beast not vet
wakened from It's nights slumher Az
nine o'clock we anchored and the pas
sengers were landed on the adjacent
shore, when stampede at once began
for the glacier, and every soul climbed
its rugged sides This feat involved
neither risk nor danger, the surface
was rough, sometimes gravelly, occa-
sionally muddy, and often steep but
always perfectly safe except from the
possible consequences of bruised knee
or a sprained ankle, and the proof oE
this is that everybody (men, women and
children climbed as high as they could
go, and all got down and back to the
steamer without single accident.
Standing below and looking up into the
face of that shimmering mass, one is re-
minded of the fight of the Israelites, the
parting of the waters Of the Red Sen and
the fate of Pharaoh. The creeping of
glaciers is an established fact in physi-
cal history and this one is said to be
living one, advancing at the rate Of III
inches year, but it encroaches no far
Their on the sea, and never advances be-
yond its present boundary, because the
temperature of the water is so much
warmer than the ice, that rs it craWls
into the sea it perpetually melts below
and breaks off above. The breaking
and falling of the ice is accompanied by
decorating reports, and it is an interest
ing sight to witness. Sometimes a small
piece of only few pounds and other
times the face of whole enearpment
weighing tons, now projection, gives
way, and then peak topples over, alb
of which keeps up an agitated sea Ut its
base with mimic waves